Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1861-01-08

              7 r " Wo, VOLUME XXIV. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO : TUESDAY," JANUARY 8, 18G1 NUMBER 38. -T- - 1 11 1 1 1 1 i ; . . - ' 1 1 11 miutiis itt Tcutir noun. XXY I. HARPER, , Offlce in WooiTAr ds Block, Third Story TERMS T dollars per aasan, payable la ad anoe; $2,50 witnln six months; $3,00 after the ex- ratioa of the year. Clubs of twenty, $1,40 each. Cjjntct 9100 Prize Poem on Pcale'n Court . of Death. it joei Ltiea. In ft din uid sslf htj ecrern. Wht otoraaJ shadow aUp, M Aad taspaJI f fenrfal silcnc UsJcss titt wful gloom mors desp Xo, erowd or pnantomi jithst, Wlthont t ln of lif or breath, Groapsd with still snd frosen passions la the ri court of death. TIs Abroad and gloomy rseass, . Bsrerod by a waveless tlrem, . Gliding throngh tb murky darkness, .-. Still as serrents in a dream; And the shadows fill with horror. As they reil that ghastly band, Tfhile the light grows dim and pallid On the dark ledge where they stand. In the midst a deeper shadow Ay, a gloomy pall and vast Curtains in the dark sternal, Where stern Death has filled the Past; " I, it sweeps the reeky chasm, " And it sweeps that awful throne, Draped with shrood that lie upon It, Cold and hard as carren stone. And a dim majet tie figure Sits enthroaged upon that seat. With his arm oatstretohed in. triumph Cer the dead one m his feet Be the awful and the mighty. He who gathers life and breath He of all the kings most kingly fie, the foarful monarch, Death! At his glance a Youth has fallen. And the dark wares bathe his hair. Damp the beanty of bis forehead, 8till so cold and sadly fair, In that heart young lore is .roten, K Tory fiery thought hai flown, And the calm of rest eternal , '; Gleams npon his face alone. Almost actire, in bis presence, j Death's stern ministers are seen; "War, with brow and step defiant, : Stands with wild and threat'ning mion; ' His right hand the sword is grarpiug Lo, a cry is in the wind "Tis the wailing of the orphan And the widow left behind! Hideons'shapes in hot pursuing , Drink his wild and baleful wrath, "Pestilence and wasting Fauiiae Tread adown his crimson path. Idadly Conflagration rashes With ber heart ndtoreh in flame. And athwart the rocky carern . Burns her red and lurid shams. At DeashV other hand is waiting .. -Creasaiar taa paU-aa Still a group more grim and ghastly, In a close and dismay crowd. High abore the rocks are broken, And a frightened gleam wreepi through. All its heavenly glory quenching In the twilight of the yew. Pleasure o'er the stream is bending. Proud queen regnautof the throng. Rich in her roluptuous beauty, And with rain in her song. Her white hands, all soft and glowing, - Jill the cup inteinp'ranoe sips, : Smiles she, as his burning madness Pluck the roses from hr lips. And Delirium, in his anguish, Offspring of the red, red wine, .Shrieks to fiel the Phantom vipers Bound his burning brain entwine. While Self murder fallows fiercely, Of despair the serf and slave, . Draining out his life's wild ferer On iie black night of the grave. Tiles Remorse, all stung with tertnre, Smoth'ring down his baleful cries; Pale Consumption sitteth lonely '. - With the death light in her eyes. All around the dark ills gather - - From the banquet halb of Vice, - : Borning sonls with lurid anguish. Chilling beings all to ice. Old age, grim death's snblimest angel, The chose, and the erowaed of years, Looking meekly for the pure evangel Through the miss of holy tears - faith holds him in her kindly earing, And beneath her sunny gaze, He mores toward repose celestial. Through the sunset of his days. O Death, thon fearful mystery. Thy power is deep and vast; Bat faith has still the victory. And aha eoaqaers thee at task ,.; ; KtSSBO BY MISTAKE. WiU jou be at home tcKnight, Hett j V tod tha ipeaker, tail, muscular velWIookinr jooog farmer reddened to the rtrj roots of hit hairs, m thoogb he had committed fome rery tcke4 ct instead or asking a aisaple qaestian. He waehaabful, eitremel so was Josiah Haw 1 j at least 'itr the rjrece of young ladies ; tnostt all, in the presence ofthe girl he loved. No joung rarmer.ia all the county possessed a better kept farm, or talked with more confidence among hta compeera of stock and crops, and on . kindred subjects. Rat the glimse of seme pret ty face, or foot, coenior in his direction, affected htm like a flash of tiffetuijr. On such occasions he Barer knew what to do with his hands and jeai'and always Celt like ecrewinz himself into . a mouse hole. How he ever . contrived to ap- proach' Hester Thomas on the subject of his pre. farence for her, probably remains to this day as aoch a mjsterf to himself as it is to others. ! Bat that joufif lad had qniu an amoant of fsctand eiererneBs stowed away some wherein her pretty Ett!a head, albeit, U si as set on the dioopled. inexperienced shoulders . of serepteen. Josiah worth, la a wotlily way, much more than any of her other suitors good-looking, and in telligent enough to satisfy any put , an oe-erfasti dious person--onexceptionablftv ia aio baring his exce?sf?e hashfulness,4 which wA froitful ource ol tnemaect - among the youug. people ia their little circle,; A&l o when Josiah in his awkwsri, llandripg way, herajt to r exhih'Uhi" preference b her ia rations tittle waysj such' as -waiting on her to and from sieging school, con- aUtuting himself her escort t when she rode on horse hack to the acXury tharch ia the woods, and singling bar oat at quilting parties. Hetty took it all to the easiest, pleasantest manner pos sible. The girls laughed, and the young men cracked sly jokes at the expense of her timid suitor ; but Hetty stood ap for him very indepen denlly encouraged him oat of his shyness ne er noticed any unfortunate blander , and rery likely helped him along considerably when his geelings reached " the culminating point," one moonlighted autumn evening, as they were walk ing home together from prayer meeting. Tbat was just a week ago. Hetty had said "Yes," and agreed to "bring father and mother around oa the subject." Josiah had not been to the house since probably feeling very much like a dog ven taring npon the premises of the person whose sheep-fold he has just plundered. As yet neither hand had the courage to speak to the "reigning powers" em the subject ; and Het ty faeline; as if she wished to put the ordeal off as long as possible, at any rate to have one more confidential talk with htm on the subject, said : "Mother is going over to Aunt Ruth's to spend the evening, and wants me to go. But I guess won i. Tve been workihg on Father's shirts all day, besides doing the dairy work, and Tm as tired as can be. So I gness they'll have to go wiinont me. Won't come until eight o'clock. 1 shall be through putting things to right then and will let yoo in." Of course, Josiah was not too obtuse to under. stand that, and forgot his bash fulness so far as to petition for a good-bye kiss, which was peremp-torify refused, of course. "No, I aha'uL Do Uka yourself -off. Think didn't see yoo fidgeting aroand -Sarah Jones at Deacon Badgers yesterday evening ? I've not forgotten thai, sir ! "Now Hetty But the appeal was broken off by at tantalizing ttle laugh ; and as he sprang forward to take a pleasant revenge on his tormentress, she slipped way ana ran op the path to the house, where he saw her ware her hand as she disappeared within f the kitchen porch ; and then he turned from the gate and took the road homeward. ! The tea things bad been carried out, the table set back against the wall, the crumbs brushed from the clean home-made carpet, and .Hetty's work stand drawn op in front of th hUir,ir fir-. A bountifully piled waiter of great red ap nloei mwA ak wl.a..er. l "J 1 -. ry p.ty uj cncneu wamoti were ott it. tn ciose proximity to Hetty's work-basket. On one side ofthe fire sat Mrs. Thomas, fat and fair, and at peace with all the world : rock ing and knitting, and refreshing herself at sundry intervals with a bite from a half eaten apple that lay on the corner of the table, and touching every now and then in a earressing manner with her foot a sleek, lazy looking cat that purred and iki raw Tag dctor &er. ueiiy sat on me other side, sewing, and busy in thinking how she should, tell her mother that she expected a visitor. She would have given the world to be able to say, in an off hand manner, that she expected Mr. Hawlev to drop in about eizht. But she recollected with a twinge of conscience, how hard she bad tried to get the oH lady to accom pany her husband to Aunt Ruth's, spite of her fore warnings of a spell of neuralgia ; how she had also plead headache as an excuse for not going herself. And she knew her mother was quite sharp enough to draw her own inferences from these facts, and from her being dressed with unusual care to spend an evening at home. "I shall not dare to tell her now. She'll be sure to thiuk I wanted to get her out of the way eo I might have Josiah all to myself,' and I should never bear the last of it." And like a wise little puss she was silent. I'll venture my word on it, you would not have wondered at the young farmer's desperate en-thrallment if yon could have seen Hett Thomas as she sat sewing ay the fire-aide en that cold November evening. Under pretext ot being ready to go to her Un cle's (a thing she had no idea of doing) she had, just before tea, indulged in an indiscriminate "fixinjr op. A. neatrv fittinr dwk calico. with the store look still on it; a fresh linen col lar and tastful black silk apron these were the chief items of Hetty's toilet; bt she looked as sweet and dainty in her plain dress as if hours had been spent in donning lace and jewels. Her rich hair of the darkest aaburn tinge fell in shining folds close Ut ber warm red cheek, and was caught ap ui conning net behind. Eight o'clock and past I Mrs. Thomas was dozing in her chair her shadow oa the opposite wall bobbing about in grotesque mimicry, as she nodded to and fro now crushing the vol am inous while satin bows on Ler spruce cap against the back of her ht ir now almost falling for ward, and her fat hands lay listlessly in her lap. and her hall of yarn had rolled out upon the hearth, and puss was busy conrertiag k, ito gordian knots. - And just then cam a double rap at the door ScJlood, sodden and self-assured that Hetty start- ed np with a little shriek, and set her foot on puss' stail, who in turn gave voice tocher amazement and displeasure, ' The combined noise aroused Mrs. Tomas, and,' starting into an ertci position, she rubbed her eyes,"settled her cap border, and exclaimed. 'Bless nsy soul, Hetty, what was thatf Some body at the door T Who can be coming here at, this time of the night t- - "It's not late mother-only a little past eight, I'll go and see who it is," says Hetty, demnrely Uking the candle from the Uhle. 'No. Here, yon. wind ap my ball and sweep np the hearth, while I go to the door "ssrs the old lady, whose feet were straggling in the pen plexing meshea of the 'nnraveled yarn, "Drat - And an this Ume Josiah was sUadieg oa oaa foot out on the old porch, with hU hands in his overcoat pockets, wood trine if Hetrr had falUn asleep, and avary now and thea girisg lh door a smart rap oy way of variety. . -. u si . a ; In her harry, lira. Thomas forgot to ' take the candla,"and a - aha ateped-bat into , the little front entry, tie silling room door, alamnied after her, 7 ha had hex hand oa the handle of he hall door at the moment, and opening it, aha sadden ly found herself la the embrace of a stont pair of arms; a whiskered faoa ia-close) proximity to her own ; and before she could think about the strangeness of her situation, she received a pro longed hiss a hearty smack fall upon her viv taous matron lips. 0, murder I Taint Obadiah, neither 1" She bad this time divested herself of the impression that it was her usually sober spouse who mast have come home in an onusualiy ex alted condition, hns to indulge in such nnwont ed expressions af affection. ... Get out I Get out, I eay I Who are yoo, any how ? Murder I thieves ! Hetty l come here ! Here's a man kissing me like mad I" - But the intruder had by this time discovered his mistake it did not need the indignant pom meling an'd scratching of the old lady's vigorous fists to cause him to relinquish his hold, and fly as if pursued by some indignant ghost. Hetty, nearly choking with smothered laugh ter, in spite of her trepidation, now came to the rescue. "I never was so frightened in all my life. The mean scamp! Who could it he? Hetty have yon any idea?" i But that dutiful daughter was, to all appear ance, innocent as a sucking dove. She soothed the old lady by representirg that it might have been one ofthe neighbors who, having drank too much, bad mistaken the house and the house wife. She searched the entry for the missing spectacles, dropped in the scuffle; rearranged the rumpled cap border ; woundup the tangled yarn ; stirred the fire all in the most amiable manner possible ; and at length had the satis faction of seeing ber mother subside into her chair and her accustomed tranquility. - Mrs. Thomas was fully awake now. She had a new idea in her head, and instead of settling herself for another aap, she pursued the train of thought and her knitting, both at the same time, with wonderful rapidity. At length, stopping and looking keenly at Hetty "I suppose it's a queer idea of mine, Hetty hut Pre a notion that man was 'Siah Hawley. Mr I but if tlettv'a face did'not fire op then. Yoo might have lit a candle by it. These incipient symptoms did not escape the wary inquisitor. Pears so to me. 'Cause those big whiskers were eo much like his'n, and the awkward way be gripped me with his great paws I". . Hetty was wonderfully busy. She bent orer her work and drew the needle through so quickly that the thread snapped, and then she was se much engaged in threading her needle again, she did'nt have time to answer. r - '"I don't believe that kiss was meet for k, after all. Wonder who it was intended for; and wonder if you don't know something about it, "Me ! mother ?" Yes, you Hetty. You was mighty anxious to get me and pap off to aunt Ruth's this evening ; but T noticed you were slicked up extraordinary, for all yoo wer'nt going. " "Now, Hetty, I'm gettin old. I know it ; but I.hav'nt quite lost my eye sight yet. I've heard something about this, between you and Siah Hawley. What are you play'in possum fur ? Out with it, I say I" Our little schemer thus abjured, made a clean breast of the matter ; much relieved to find that mother "hadn't nuthin' agin bim," and would eive father a talk about it, and bring him round But, Hetty, I want yon to tell Siah I'd rath' he'd not make such a mistake agin. I don't like the fel of his big whiskers about my face, I don't approve of promiecous kissing." "Siah never heard the last of that blunder- Old Squire Thomas used to delight in rehearsing the Btory whenever all the parties interested happened to be present. He would shake his fat aides at Josiab's discomfiture and his wife's tart replies, and Hetty would join him, and bcth would lauzh until the tears ran down their cheeks. "Never mind, Siah," Mrs. Thomas would say consoling. "Let him laugh. He'd have been only too glad to have been in your place twenty years ago. He had hard work to gel a kiss from me, then. And I hope it will be a lesson to you and Hetty, egin the impolicy Of concealment and under hand doins' of all sorts. Anecdote of Old Ironsides. The following is well calculated to make the rising generation proud of the noble spirits who shed so much luster on their country's name daring tb memorable War of 1812, with the then proud mistress of the seas : The most brilliant naval action of the last war was undoubtedly that ol the old American frig ate Constitution, (44,) commanded by Commo. dore Stewart, when she captured the two British corvettes, Cyane aod Levant, of a greatly super', or force, each of thens being equal to the old fashioned thirty-three gon frigates. The handling of the American frigate was throughout sci entific and .unexceptionable. ;; By no manenvering couM either of the British vessels obtain a position to rake the Constitution, shift their grounds as they would. Old Ironsides was between them, biasing away upon both ves sels at the same time. During the whole action Stewart, instead, of mounting the horseblock, sat in a more exposed situation astride the ham-mockmeUings, the better to observe the maneuvering of his antagonists. The Cyane was the first to strike to Brother Jonathan not an una-sual thing with British vessels daring that, war. The first lieutenant came in haste to the commo Jaeaam j SsMSlAnflASh t1la t - - ' . .-Jc- t HVIC av uuvuhvw ssw - - The starboard ship has strncx, sir, said the officer. :..!. . ; MI know it, sir,", replied , the ootamodore. The battle is jnst half won. , "Shall I order the band to . atrihe uphYankee iXxKCe, air T inqnired Cha Uentahant. ; Hera the commodore took a huge pinch of annff and then answered quickly i. .T. . - , j i,.-'r '.'Had we not better whip the other first, sir?. T "Ay; ay, air " replied the Kentaaant, taking the hint; and went to his qnartertv" ' t'-: "' la a ihort time afterward, the ZevarU lowered the crots si 0d Eajland to tha glara'and Stxipea , and tha battle was ended. The lieutenant being somewhat rebukedt his premature exultation npon the surrender of the first vessel, was rath er ahy of approaching his commander again, bat Stewart, beckoning to him, Said with a smile; '- 'Dont yoa think the band had better strike np " Tan&ee Doodle, now, eir?" InaninsUut that spirit-stirring strain was floating on the breeze, played as no other than a Yankee band can play it, and the gallant crew snooted forth their cheers of victory as no other than a Yankee crew can shoot. Important frost. Washington, : A letter writer aajs, in regard to the reeent strategic art of Msjor Anderson at Charleston: "No event which has transpired within my recollection ever caused sq much excitement in this city as the occupation of Fort Sumptor by Msjor Anderson. The intelligence of the affair reached here early this morning, and since then every one has been busy receiving and imparting the thousand rumors in reference to the matter. It appears that Major Anderson's coarse was taken on' his own responsibility, for the purpose of strengthening his position, and thus preserving the lives of the men placed under his charge. The President was entirely unprepared for such a decisive action on the part of a subordinate, and at once sent for the Secretary of War and General Scott, to know what it meant. At this meeting quite an angry dispute arose, the President and Secretary of War denouncing Major Anderson's conduct, and declaring that he had violated orders by forsaking . Fort Moultrie and taking possesaion of Fort Sumpter, whilst Gen. Scott defended his conduct, and pretty plainly intimated his contempt for those who not only seemed willing to sacrifice the lives of innocent men, but also exhibited a disposition to see im. portent defences fallJfnto the hands of the enemies of the country. 1 In bis opinion. Major Anderson had done exactly right, and could not bare acted otherwise sworn as he was to protect the lives of the officers aud men placed under his command, and under strict orders to defend his position. The principle of self-preservation required the occupation of Fort Sumpter, which entirely commanded Foort Moultrie, and if Maj? Anderson, had not 'taken possession of it, be would hare been placed at the mercy ofthe South Carolina disunionists,' whose intention it was to have thrown a Sufficient force in it to foroe his surrender, or insure his destruction. Immediately after this meeting, a Cabiuet council was convened, hut nothing was. done. Mr. Buchanan's advisers exonerated each other from all andiTmtedf a (he e ouTelasTdn lVaf51ajo'r'A"uder-son and General Scott had determined t act for the Union, and not for the President under whose orders the laws of the country placed them. The treatment of this insubordination in the present state of the country, is a delicate matter, and there is reason to hope that Afr. Buchanan will not dare to punish it by recalling Msjor Anderson. If this should be done, I learu that General Scott will immediately resign his official position, and offer his services to his country.-Should an attempt be made to take Washington, as the Enquirer and the Examiner, cf Richmond, Virginia, constantly advise, he will no doubt place himself at the head of the militia of the District, who are all devoted to the Union." Extraordinary Disclosure. St. Louis, Deo. 29. This morning's Republican announces the receipt of a letter, dated Chicago, on the 13th inst., addressed to the Commandant of the United States Arsenal , at St. Louis, which details the proceedings of a Republican meeting, for the purpose of aiding the Kansas sufferers. It also gives aa account of a secret mee ting of ten persons, during which a committee of three was called on to report what assistance had been sent to Montgomery, and what had been done at St. Louis. . . ' The plan developed was to take possession of the United States arsenal, at St. Louis, also Jef. ferson Barracks, and remove all the property to Kansas. The committee reported that $50,000 worth of arms had been sent 10 Montgomery, and that $10,000 had been deposited with the committee at St. Louis, that they had delayed movements at St- Louis, on account of their being three to five hundred guns coming from Kentucky for re pairs, a fact of wh;ch no one was supposed to have any knowledge, and that they would make quite em addition to their stock if captured. The letter states that tbey expected assistance from a large nomber of Germans, residing in the neighborhood of the arsenal, and most of. the workmen in the arsenal. One headred men were to be sent from Chicago to aid in this enterprise. V - Many other details are given disclosing great familiarity withthe juternal arrangemetti of the arseuaL :: , ( A Horrible Harder in Tennessee A Planter Killed by his Slave. A correspondent of the1 Louisville Democrat, writing from Mifiln, Tenn, December II, says : ' One ofthe foulest murders were committed in this county on last Saturday, by a negro belonging to John H. Trice, Esq he (Mr. Tricejbeiag the mardered man. ; '. . ' . It seems that the negro was splitting fails in a field that was being cleared.! His master was passing by and seeing the negro idling away his time, undertook to whip him,' when the negro struck him with a bClet of wood on the head, producing a fearful wound, and knocking him senseless. Ha then took his knife from his pocket and cat his master's threat, almost severing his head from his body. It was witnessed by 4wo young negro boys belonging to the de ceased.' - Tha negro afte killingtia master, car ried hia a tnlTe through the fields Vend laid him on tha side of the road, to make U apear that he was mardered by some one traveVicj and not by any one oa the plantation. Bcspicios, however, rested oa him, and he was wrested and confas eed to the crime. He was tried: and buog by the citizens of tb county1 He expressed the belief that he had done nothing wrong? and that he would soon be in abetter World the teachings of the many Abolition uU now in the South. v For Seixiogr the Federal Capital, he Richmond Enquirer ii for war. "It believes it will soon be upon es. and calls on the border tat es to be perpared for it And when war shall tons be forced npon us, if not before,'' it says " Mr Lincoln will be forced to relinquish Washington, The firrt effort of Maryland aud Virgin!, so soon as they appeal to arms, will be for the armed occupation of the Federal Capital. Thqsit is clear that mach bloodshed might be saved, and the Northern States more speedily brought to terms, should Maryland and Virginia promptly interpose to prevent Mr. Lincoln's in. augeratioo at Washington, by Uking possession of the capital without delay. From present in dicatioos, such a step will be unavoidable, sooner or later." - In its subsequent issue the Enquirer says that since the speech of Mr. Wade, of Ohio, and the pronuociamento of the Springfield Journal, if Virginia and Maryland do not adopt measures to prevent Mr. Lincoln's inauguration at Wash ington, their discretion will be as mash a sub ject of ridicule as their submission will be of cot tempt." Fort Sumpter. "Independent," the Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Gazette, wrote to that paper 00 the 26th (this was before Fort Moultrie was abandoned, or aoy thought entertained that it would be.) as foltows f It wasTecently sofs-ested, by a military officer of high position, that Maj. Anderson should be allowed to transfer a portion of bis small force to Fort Sumpter, which is directly opposite to sort hloultrie, and commands one of the Snip channels. This fort is now larger than tba two others, and supplied with the best modern guns aud a heavy stock of ammunition. There is not a soldier in garrison, but a number of laborers are at work. Twenty-fire well drilled men could bold "it against all Charleston. lis batteries could level Fort Moultrie with the ground in a few hours, and shell the city effectually if turned agaiust it. In case of a collision, that fort will be first taken, because it is entirely unprotected, audi stands out in the bay, disconnected from the land. Little, if any loss of life could occur in us capture, while its possession would virtually control the harbor. L le president disregarded the suggestion of manning it, and as Major An tlersou has uo orders to that effect, he cannot move. " - -' From the Chillteothe Adrertiter. William. Allen on Secession Coercion. Hon. and Hon. William Allen, of this city, made a speech at National Hall, Philadelphia, on tha 29th of September, 1856. It ia emphatically a great speech great because it discusses the relation subsisting and that should subsist between the North and South, ia the temper and the lan. guage of a statesman of enlarged and just vie ws. There is notbinst of the temperizing partisan in it, and as the following, which we . extract from it, is so applicable to the present condition of affairs, we reproduce it, and commend it to the consideration of those who regard coercion as the infantile panacea for secession. "I am not habituated to look on-the North and So nth as rival sections. Let me inform yoa of another thing which perhaps it will be thought a little bold to lay down; let me, belonging to the stronger side, tell yoq I who live in the Free Slates, in a powerful free State, I who belong to one of the free States which form the 16 of the 31. That notwithstanding oor superiority of power, the free States, if they had ten of the largest slaveholding States to help them, can not hold the Union together by force. The Union was not formed by force, and can not be kept to gether by force. It was a marriage contract of great and independent sovereignties, and like marriages founded npon affection, a sense of right and a mutuality of interests from the great powers that hold this Union together that sense of right which, whatever may be said about the frailties of our nature, ie at least a powerful ele ment in the American mind. A sense of right, for the love of right, and a profound conviction of there being, between the different parts of this confederacy, a mutuality of interest constitutes the bond, the ligament, which holds the Union together, and by holding it together, to exhibit to the world tha roost powerful, as well as the most splendid nation on its surface. How would yon hold it together bv force? Suppose half a dozen States, or three, or four or even one, choose to go oat of the Union how will yoo get thero in? Imagioe the State of Pennsylvania, the Keystone in the arch of the Union, should for any cause known to herself, however insane, withdraw from the Republic; environed, as she would be on all hands, by her late sister members of. the confederation, how would yoa get her back? Yoa may any, in the old European style of the dragoon and the bayonet. -Well, suppose a war. should be got np against Pennsylvania thirty against one 8tet and they environed her frontier with cannon, covered her mountains with riflemen, and her plains with cavalry, and slaughtered one half he fathers and sons, her mothers and her lovely little children." What then? - When" all this had been done ia order to get her back into the Union, would the object hare been accomplished? Sop-pose she were nnable to raise aa, arm, and was obliged to submit te the extension of the Federal power around her people, where should she b? -Would she be in the Union as an equal and an independent State? No, but she would be ia it as a coaqnered provinces. I say then, that this government in which a civil war, however it may end, whether the" party representing the Tederal government,' or the opposite party, prove victori one, dissolves the confederation equally wleiher the victory fall on the one side or tha other. Jf in a combat the seceding States be rictorioos, they remaia oat as a maUsx of coarse. If they Dolitical be subdued, they are brought back, not as free and Independent States, willing to be where they are, but as conquered provinces, obliged to be where they do not want to be. All attecpts to induce the people of the North to believe they have nothing to do bat to bul'y the Sooth, are, I trust doomed to"a disgraceful failure. It is not a good business for any body to undertake to bully Americans either North or South. No nation will find it a very profitable investment of its courage to'bully the people of the United States North or South; butof all bullying in the world, the bullying of one half of this nation by the other half, is the most to be deplored, because it is the most redicoiout. . The negro recognizes bis master as his protector against trouble and all danger. He recognizes his master, as the nt, permanent and sure source of livelihood throughout tha entire year. No solicitude on that score has the poor negro. If he has the misfortune to work without having the price of his labor counted out in coin, he has the gratification cf knowing that he is never in danger of wanting for bread and meat. Those are greatly mistaken who suppose that if there was a dissolution of the Union, the North would have nothing to do bat to call on the negroes to rise and put down their masters. Not one in five hundred would -rise against their masters. Some of the strongest defenders of the domestic household of the South would he their domestic servants. There is a feeling of attachment between master and slave little dreampt of in the free States, because the Abolitionists bare continually represented this relation as that of tyrant and oppressed." Interesting 0ariek Terrible Colliery Explosion One Hundred . and Seventy Lives Lost. The Newport correspondent of the London Times states that the effect of the colliery explo ston at Risen, near Newport, on Saturday morn ing was more terrible that at first supposed, for instead of 120 persons having fallen victims, the probability is that at least 50 more are dead, aod that the fearful roll will swell to at least 170 names. On Monday, about one hundred bodies had been brought up. One portion of ! the workings is now discovered to have fallen in, catting off all communication with 60 or 70 persons beyond. To reach them will, it is fear-ed,occupT a considerable time, but little or no expectation is entertained that one of the party will be discovered alive. When the explosion occurred above 200 men nVo1ecjca. ' tfijrav1ouaar- oeitig conuuua with the utmost vigor. Even yet it would be premature to give currency to the statement made with reference to the cause of the catastrophe. The pit, however, was known to be subject to blowers of gas, and the managers were cautions in consequence. On Saturday week, one of the workmen was summoned for taking the key of a safety lamp into the pit, and it was deposed by the overman, that two other men were detected with nails in their possession, intended doubtless, to be used for opening the safety lamps to obtain lights for smokiog. These things show the recklessness of the men, and point, probably, to the origin of the explosion. Such is the state meat in the Time but the Western Daily Press asserts that the number of deaths is not so large as was at first supposed. The Bristol Daily Post ays-: "Among the colliers who descended on the fatal morning, -were several young fellows who hadbecome members of the Volunteer Rifle Corps, recently formed at Risca. Their inten lion was to come out early to attend drill.- One who bad taken his turu in the night, met, on ascending at fire in the morning, a collier, who was onable to take bis day 'turn, who asked bim to take it for bim He consented, pulled off his coat, which he had just put on, and was about to go down the pit, when be suddenly changed his mind, resumed his coat, and saved his life bv going home. Amidst the crowd assembled at the month ofthe pit, awaiting the arrival cf the dead, was a wife and a mother, who saw in the lifeless heap her husband and three sons. In one cottage eight bodies are stretched on their biers. Some ofthe poor fellows who were in the midst ofthe fire were so disfigured that the? t;annot be identified, and their bodies have been conveyed from cottage to cottage, and we hare been toldsthat they are still unclaimed." i , From the Naches (Miss.) Free Trader. Painting: a White Girl to Hake Her a . Slave. . One day last week a gentleman of this city j hailed an op country boat, the Cora Anderson,! as "he was passing Greenville, Miss., whither be bad gone 00 business, to return borne. Shortly after being under way, our Natchez friend ob-. served a pensive-looking little girl, aged about 9 or 10 rears, whose black hair and yellowish brown skin would indicate that she was a enulat tress. There was something aboat her that in terested hint, and he inquired of the captain con cerninir her. : He was informed that she was a slave belonging to a man on hoard, whom the captain poiated oat, who said b a taking her to New Orleans tb sell her, he having boeght ber for $160 in Northwestern Missouri, on the bor ders, Osr Netcbes friend eyed the little girl and the border mas so closely aa to attract the attention of tha latter, with whom he was soon engaged in conversation concerning tha child, in terrogating him ia such a manner as to elicit an. ewers not always agreeing with previous state' meats, and evidently alarming him. This vs iQjpieione. Tha little girl was taken aside and examined.. She said She was aa orphan, and had been taken from an asylum in New York by this snaa 1 that her hair was light and her complexion brnnsUe) that this man told her he was going South -with her, where, as his adopted daughter, aha would have a good home; that blackair waa preferred in the Sooth, and prettier than hers, and that; he had taken her to e barber and had her hair dyed black. . He also, to!J her that if she would allow bim to pnt some yeSow dye on her skin that her complexion would bacome maeh whiter ia a few days, and that ha had pal tha etaia a. Oa hearing these State ments, the child waa takan ia charge by tha captain, aod potash, soap and water being applied, the des were taken off, aud the light hair aod light complexion brought light. The pretet-ded master was seized by the excited passengers, who were about to deal with him aummarily, but it was finally arranged to lock him. up in a stateroom until the boat should land-. In the meantime the boat had passed Joseph, and when a few miles below that town rounded to take en wood. At this point, how or in what manner U not known, the border ruiSa eea, rd from the boat, leaving Lis baggage behind." -The little) girl was taken by the captain of the boat to New O .leans and placed iu one of the aajlunu of that city. ; Gay Wicked Fans, Gay Paris charms the letter writers. Tbey describe the weather as beautiful, stra gers and amusements plenty, ic. The Boia de Boulogne and the Champs Elyseee are crowded every afternoon. Rigolboche, (the distinguished courtezan.) with her new teem, which she drives her. self, handling the ribbons with a great deal of ekill, ia visible every p. u., and crowds cf people go to the' avenue for the express purpose of catching a glimpse at this kicking celebrity, this goddess of the cancan, he has recently returned from a trip through Belgium, where, she ie aid to have turned the heads of half a dozen tjoh fellows, and has come back loaded with subslaa. tial e vidences of their favor. She ia a very wicked character, and needs, they say, a gold o diamond mine to keep ber in horses and dresses, and to pay for the grand suppers which she gives ai her elegaot apartments in the quarter Bred , for it is said this kicking female, about whom eo much has been written, aod who five years ago unknown and living inn garret, now spends about fire hundred thousand francs a year, and probably will continue'to ds so as long as she ana get it. In order to prereut the too rapid spread of the Rigolboche mania, the government, which is becoming exceedingly mora) of late, has given orders to the police to put a stop to the salu. tatory and gymnastic performance of the women of the demimonde ; in short, to stop the high kicking at the balls, which, sinew Rigolboche created such a sensation by it, has been the constant study and practice of all the female frequenters of these establishments, who, seeing the manner in which Rigolboche had been rewarded for her efforts, were desirous of becoming great and rich, and famous as she has. It is said that strict orders have been given oa account ofthe fact that latterly many ofthe habitues, in order to render their performances easi. er or more attractive, had been in the habit of dispensing with garments which arenas requi- misionanes." ; JJiffh Life in New York City. From the Jfew York News. The widow of one of the most popular Street Commissioners, whose ashes are hardly cold ia their early and untimely grave, and the daughter of one of our most wt.rthy city fathers aod high military and civic chieftains, aUo deceased, young and handsome, and moving in the op pes circles of city life, with two beautiful children the fruit of her first and early wedded lore, du" ring her summer residence at Long Branch, formed the acquaintance of a tall, uncouth, ill looking captain of one of the little steamers that ply on the Iludacu, aud occasionally goes as far down as that fashionable watering place. Not withstanding he was old enough to be her father and had a wife and family living in one-of the rural cities north of Gotham notwithstanding the lady knew these facts, and also that her Lothario was a deceiver, and not a gay one either.. She loved him. aod the consequence waa the birth of twin children, at her residence in thia city, on Wednesday. The shock came like a clap of thunder to-her many friends, especially to I er good and worthy mother, and it is the talk of Gotham for the time,, in spite of the dissolution of the Union. WhaS the result will be, time must determine. A dr vorce, we learn, is already commenced 00 the part of the legal wife of the captain, probably instigated by himself, as he wishes, we under, stand, to possess the fair young widow fir life. On the other hand, we learn that the frail widow has discarded and repudiated the captain, and that his further hopes in that directio , are for ever blighted. . The Tribune gires the names of the parties aa Capt- George F. Lesson and "Mrs. Taylor, widow . of the former Street Commissioner, Joseph 8$ Taylor, in Fifty-Eight street, between Second and Third arenues." .'" . "' Amos Kendall's Opinien of 7hat is tit Done in South, Carolina. . Hon. Amos Kendall, the old friend cf Aedrew-Jackson, in a letter pnbliaoed reeMly. givea ome idea of what U to be dene with Soeuh Caro lioa. The Constitution prescribe that the Preai dent must collect the Federal revenue, and most defend the forts and other prepe'Tty cf the United States. These duties most be perforated, any ordinances of secession to the contrary atotwith. standing though it is hot necessary for the President to be the aggressor in any acts of vio lence. If a State ebooses to withdraw her rep reaentation ia Coteres, let them to. If tha Federal judicial oSicers within a Elate res'jo aod doos can be round to sepply their p!cr$, it r.nnAi helred. If-the postmasters wiit n a State resign and none can be louod to L'X t' place, or if they refu- 10 py over 1. evly revo-nea, let tb pt See ke i 1 e : r c . .r i. ir.t But Id not a ship r? P'v ' '-the lawful dutit to the Ud F , --thm. triikotii clearance from L't I tJ. - let. Let the white people of a C .hAnt intl to one tnira 01 il&i ci t s ( jc ffew York, enjoy, for a wbil". the laxcry cf a d ireet tax to support enmceptzzestC:-" with a! its paraphernAiia of aa ernj ttiir Tt may be that a short experience wou'i e' ber people that' the Uo)n i "t ch i " cursed thing as has beta twpresentei, f - - may deea it best for themselves to re3- f ieltioos w;ih, the Federal GTrc;',"-hoald she become restive a-nder. tt'? v - thina-s-and etiemcC'tf violence t 'c :- United Suta into a surrender of tbtii other property, the "ua mt be taW protect the right," t.r l.r-s c